Re: pxeboot, machine dependent kernel
On 8/09/2012 6:14 AM, russell wrote: ... my intention is to hack boot.c(my guess, at this point I am still just looking at source) to check for and use some sort of global kernel macaddress var pxeboot claims to set. ... I played with a similar patch from here many years ago: http://nbender.com/install.netboot/install.html These days I use iPXE instead, it is fairly painless to set up.
Re: Signatures for distribution sets and packages?
On 5/09/2012 1:36 PM, Rowdy OpenBSD wrote: Is there any way to verify that distribution sets and packages that I have downloaded have not been tampered with (e.g., by someone with access to the mirror from which I downloaded them)? Compare them to the CD set.
Re: Some probelms configuring dhcpd with iPXE options
On 1/09/2012 8:22 PM, C. L. Martinez wrote: Hi all, I am trying to configure dhcpd daemon in a OpenBSD 5.1 host to use iPXE options for booting vm guests via iscsi. To do this, I have configured dhcpd.conf with these options: option space ipxe; option ipxe-encap-opts code 175 = encapsulate ipxe; ... Same configuration works for RHEL/CentOS 6.x dhcpd hosts ... What am I doing wrong?? The base dhcpd won't work this method of breaking the infinite loop, you need to create an undionly.kpxe with an embedded script. The embedded script can be as complex as you like, but it is easiest to update if you embed a simple script which chainloads your 'real' script. http://ipxe.org/howto/chainloading FWIW, you can boot OpenBSD by using memdisk to load the install iso.
Re: OpenBSD forked
On 14/06/2012 3:44 AM, Dominguez, Roland wrote: I just came across this article and was wondering if it's legit: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OpenBSD-forked-to-create-Bitrig-161695 4.html Those who do not study history... https://www.bitrig.org/viewgit/?a=viewblobp=bitrigh=59fc82dbaf7eaff6cf9ee6aa607951587f5d6d7fhb=HEADf=usr.bin/banner/banner.1
Re: Is it necessary to recompile just to apply a security patch?
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Ingo Schwarze [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snippage] Quite probably, your server might be terribly out of date. OpenBSD servers ought to be updated at least once a year. Please look at the first line of the output of dmesg(8). If the server has been up for a while, the circular buffer may have been over-written. Try: head -1 /var/run/dmesg.boot If the version number is lower than OpenBSD 4.2, you should upgrade the base system before applying patches.
NextG networking
I've put up some notes about NextG networking on OpenBSD at http://www.ajd.net.au/nextg/openbsd.html including a kernel patch to suit ZTE handsets which will probably work with other Qualcomm-based handsets. Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
Re: .forward for procmail
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 07:47:12PM -0500, Exal de jesus Garcia Carrillo wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi list, does anyone knows which is the apropiate way for a .forward on openbsd?, I have tryed with |IFS=' ' exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #exal but doesn't work. I use |exec /usr/local/bin/procmail. Are you sure your procmail is in /usr/bin? Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
Re: multiple openbsd installs on the same disk
On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 09:43:44PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: hi there, 4.0 is here so time for my second annual reinstall on my notebook. i have come to the conclusion that it would be nice to have a production system and a development system. i need a stable system to work with (stable packages i don't have to manually compile, etc, etc.) on the dev system i'd like to track current. but. because i have only one notebook, these system should be on the same physical harddisk. the only recent thread i have seen is about dual booting with netbsd: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-miscm=110575764931297w=2 i am not an mbr/disklabel guru, but it seems to me that it all comes down to disklabel becasue i can have 4 primary partitions, but if i interpret it correctly, i can't have seperate 'a' and 'b' (and so on) for all of these primary partitions, now can i? would it make sense to make every primary partition into an isolated seperate disklabel entity? i know this wouldn't be a trivial change of course, but is it possible at all? It isn't needed. I have multiple versions on my laptop. In the MBR, create a *single* partition for OpenBSD. In that partition, disklabel to create your slices as needed for your 'stable' system, plus one for the 'dev' system (mine is hd0h). (As Nick says in the FAQ, don't allocate all of the space, you never know when you might need it for another partition.) Boot from the install CD, cross your fingers and be *very* careful to specify hd0h as the root when setting up the 'dev' system. When you want to boot into the 'dev' system, enter hd0h:/bsd at the boot prompt. (I use a boot manager which can stuff keystrokes into the BIOS). If you are brave, you can mount partitions (eg /home) from your 'stable' system into your 'dev' system, but that is probably not a good idea. or should i just go with virtualization? is it in that state already that i can? I use qemu for quick-and-dirty tests. It works, but is a bit slow. Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
Re: What would you do with field defect rate predictions?
On Wed, Oct 25, 2006 at 12:01:47AM -0400, Paul Luo Li wrote: Thank you very much for the response. By field defect I mean a PR in the Bug Tracking system of the Class sw-bug. I was wondering if you think predictions at the time of release of the number of field defects in each month after release can help: -allocate resources, such as having enough people available to fix problems -adjust the deployment date, like pushing back the release, or -identify possible ways of improving the process, assuming that the predictions are made using software metrics, such as the number of changes to the code You might want to check out Michael Lyu's Handbook of Software Reliability Engineering http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~lyu/book/reliability/ (You can now download all 800+ pages in pdf.) Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
Re: Rotate many Apache logfiles
On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 02:57:57PM +0200, Mackan wrote: Hi! What is the preferred way of rotating Apache's logfiles? I have many virtual domains, each with its own access and error logfile. I'm using CustomLog, not TransferLog. Apache is chrooted. Adding every logfile to /etc/newsyslog.conf is one way, but hard to maintain. Is Apache's own rotatelogs program the way to go? I use newsyslog. With make and m4, nothing is hard to maintain. Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
Re: Low priority or real coders
On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 11:49:29PM -0400, steve szmidt wrote: I don't get very emotional about either one and try to keep things simple. I'm curious to see how many not equally hard core users prefer vi over vim when having a choice. These days I mostly use vi, because it is already there. I used to prefer vim, but it is heading down the emacs path. Nice OS, but it needs a good editor.
Re: mfs for /var and dhclient
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 09:38:20AM -0700, Riley McIntire wrote: Hmmm, so line 201, ``mount -a -t nonfs'' gets all non nfs mounts. Line 259 260 get nfs mounts of /usr and /var, after starting the network. But there would still be a problem with an nfs mount'd /var if dhclient was used, no? And with an mfs ``mount /var'' succeeds twice. There'd be a problem with nfs mounted anything before dhclient is run. The N stands for network... Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
Re: sendmail
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:43:38PM -0600, David B. wrote: sorry to bother, can anyone suggest a definitive book I should buy on how to set up Sendmail on Openbsd 3.8? You might want to read the O'Reilly sendmail Cookbook as an introduction , but there's no substitute for reading and understanding the docs. Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
Re: Hifn policy on documentation
On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 08:43:16AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: [snip] And if you continue baiting me, I will delete the driver from our source tree. You may as well. By the time Hifn release the documentation the speed of cheap processors will have increased enough to make their current products marginal. I've had this happen with add-on DSP boards before. Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
Re: why is there . [dot] in default PATH?
On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 08:56:39PM +0100, Jon Kent wrote: Can see your point here, but I prefer to play on the paranoid side of fence hence my dislike of this. I'm not sure it should be there by default, rather if you like it you should add it. Inexperienced users might add it to the beginning of PATH, so having it at the end by default is a reasonable compromise. Anyone with enough experience to know why they want it removed also has enough experience to remove it themselves. Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
Re: OpenBSD 3.8 ports quality?
On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 08:34:08PM +, Edd Barrett wrote:
Nice to see someone who says something constructive. Would you mind if
you can point me to a HOWTO on how to do that. I will be pleased to
help. I supose that I must compile gnumeric with debugging simbols
first, as someone stated before. And run gdb or ddd.
Hi,
There is no howto, but I think I know how it is done.
cd /usr/ports/math/gnumeric
make configure
cd w-gnumeric-x.x.x/gnumeric-x.x.x
vi Makefile
Now you need to add in the -g switch to compile with symbols (as you
correctly stated). If you are lucky you will have a variable ${CC}, which
you can add the switch to.
Most ports support setting CFLAGS.
cd /usr/ports/foo/bar
env 'CFLAGS=-g -O0' make install
Don't be surprised if '-O0' makes the bug dissappear.
Re: 80x50 console res but .. clean font
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 03:59:04PM -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: Darrin Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If it's practical for you, you might try using ratpoison under X. It's a lightweight window manager inspired by screen, with the added benefit of doing side-by-side split screen. I've seen several mentions of ratpoison and X. I'm not running X and didn't plan to. How much X is required to run `Ratpoison'. I do want a screen with much finer resolution that the stock console setup. It is absolutely huge and I want more on the screen. The ports tree has several light-weight window managers, try them all. If memory is tight, rxvt uses a tad less than xterm. On my laptop I use evilwm with rxvt, and get text windows of 58x167 Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
Re: mergemaster
On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 02:46:51PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote: [snip] The questions is, what *do* people use for updating /etc? I use a cvs vendor branch. Regards, Andrew Dalgleish
Re: Backup Techniques onto DVD+-RW
On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 11:51:14AM -0600, L. V. Lammert wrote: Better recommendation - rsync /home to an external system (especially if you're using Maildir). WAY less overhead! You can even backup more often. An archive machine is less costly than a bundle of DVD-RWs, and you don't have to swap media. Should you want more than one archive, there are various ways to manage multiple versions. rsnapshot in the ports tree.
Re: acpi
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 08:24:35AM -0600, Justin Krejci wrote: It did not core dump on me. Same here.
Re: Hard Disk Password Security Info
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 10:28:45AM -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: The c't article, the link to which I posted to misc@ yesterday, stated that a data recovery company was able to retrieve the user disk password (set by the authors of the article) from the disk, aparently without opening (and thus voiding the warranty of) the disk. If I've stolen your laptop with the aim of stealing data, I'm not too worried about voiding your warranty. Personally I'd place more trust in OS-based encryption. See vnconfig(1).
